Lisa G Akins
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Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 5:44 NLT
But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
Sep 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 5:39 NLT
But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.
Sep 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 5:37 NLT
Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one.
Sep 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Matthew 5:32 NLT
But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.
Sep 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Zephaniah 3:17 NLT
For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
Sep 14
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Habakkuk 3:17-19 NLT
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! The Sovereign LORD is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
Sep 14
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Habakkuk 3:2 NLT
I have heard all about you, LORD. I am filled with awe by your amazing works. In this time of our deep need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in your anger, remember your mercy.
Sep 14
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Habakkuk 2:14 NLT
For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the LORD.
Sep 14
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Habakkuk 2:4 NLT
“Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.
Sep 14
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Habakkuk 2:3 NLT
This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.
Sep 14
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Amos 5:14-15 NLT
Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed. Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.
Sep 12
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Amos 5:13 NLT
So those who are smart keep their mouths shut, for it is an evil time.
Sep 12
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Joel 2:32 NLT
But everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved, for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape, just as the LORD has said. These will be among the survivors whom the LORD has called.
Sep 11
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Joel 2:28 NLT
“Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
Sep 11
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Hosea 14:8 NLT
“O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.”
Sep 11
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Hosea 14:4-5 NLT
The LORD says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever. I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.
Sep 11
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Daniel 9:9 NLT
But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
Sep 6
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ezekiel 12:25 NLT
For I am the LORD! If I say it, it will happen. There will be no more delays, you rebels of Israel. I will fulfill my threat of destruction in your own lifetime. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Aug 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ezekiel 11:19-20 NLT
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart, so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.
Aug 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Jeremiah 50:38 NLT
A drought will strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them.
Aug 14